Dr. Andreas Wutz receives funding from the FWF for his proposal "Targeting large-scale neural dynamics in support of supramodal conscious perception".
2022-12-29
Research clusters
This research cluster investigates predictive information processing and its association to different conscious experiences using MEG, EEG, and fMRI measurements. We look at auditory predictions and how those relate to tinnitus and other maladaptive phenomena. We also explore semantic predictions under different levels of consciousness and levels of skill as well as sensory predictive processing and its relationship to decision making and abnormalities thereof.
This research cluster investigates the implementation of cognitive processes and their modulation by brain disorders. For instance, we investigate commonalities across disorders, viewing them along dimensions such as brain structure, function, and enocrinology, rather than distinct categories. Our approaches include characterizing the brain's connectivity patterns as a defining measure of brain function beyond topographical aspects. With such approaches, we aim to develop precise biomarkers for clinical diagnosis, treatment planning, and patient monitoring.
By studying infants and children from pre-natal stages until the end of adolesence, this cluster investigates the course of normal and atypical development, as well as its influencing factors.
Hormones regulate a variety of psychological functions, including our response to stress, social interactions, attachment, sleep and reproduction. The cluster is interested in the neurobiological underpinnings and neural correlates of these effects.
By investigating the sporting brain and especially that of elite athletes, this research cluster strives for understanding the behaviour relevant to the normal population focusing on cognitive demands.
This research cluster addresses, from a legal perspective, the intersection between current initiatives on Open Science, Open Data and the FAIR principles on the one hand, and the issue of data protection on the other. Questions about the privileged status of and public interest in neuroscience data will be explored. This will further our understanding of the legal basis for sharing and reanalysis of neuroscience data.
This research cluster explores the interplay between consciousness and cognition. On the one hand, we study how information processing changes in states of altered consciousness such as natural sleep, and on the other hand we focus on cognitive processing in newborns and young infants. The choice of the method given the study topic thereby is usually (high-density) EEG and/or MEG.
